How dependent is Brazil on Paraguay?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Paraguay sells 1.9% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 61 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.
• Paraguay sells 4.1% of what the world exports of soybeans; next come United States (28.9%), Canada (3%) and Argentina (2.4%). The rest of the world exported 103.5 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.
• Paraguay sells 0.91% of what the world exports of corn; next come United States (23.9%), Argentina (16.3%) and Ukraine (13.1%). The rest of the world exported 133.8 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.
• Paraguay sells 2.4% of what the world exports of fresh beef; next come United States (13.2%), Australia (10.9%) and Canada (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 292.1 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.
• Paraguay sells 3% of what the world exports of soybean oil; next come Argentina (44.4%), Netherlands (3.9%) and Russia (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 144.3 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.
• Paraguay sells 2.4% of what the world exports of beef, mutton and goat tallow; next come Australia (21%), United States (9.5%) and Canada (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 53.1 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.
• Paraguay sells 0.72% of what the world exports of blankets and travel rugs; next come China (74.9%), India (5.4%) and Vietnam (1.7%). The rest of the world exported 143.5 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.
• Paraguay sells 1.2% of what the world exports of gelatin; next come Germany (10.7%), China (10.6%) and France (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 144.2 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.
• Paraguay sells 0.47% of what the world exports of rapeseed and mustard oil; next come Canada (36.8%), Germany (10.9%) and Russia (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,121.3 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.
• Paraguay sells 0.17% of what the world exports of soap; next come Indonesia (12%), China (11%) and Germany (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 1,055.4 times what Brazil buys from Paraguay.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Brazil is Paraguay’s 1st-largest customer, with 30.8% of its exports.

• Trade between Brazil and Paraguay
• Who does Brazil rely on?
• Who does Paraguay rely on?
• Dependence of Brazil on China
• Dependence of Brazil on the United States
• Dependence of Brazil on Argentina
• Dependence of Brazil on Chile
• Trade profile of Brazil
• Trade profile of Paraguay
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.